Review published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 16:1 (2001) ► pp.201–205
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. Creole genesis and the acquisition of grammar. The case of Haitian Creole. Claire Lefebvre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xvii, 461 pp. Hardback. $74.95 To order electronically, contact. http://www.cup.org
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